Report: Mariners talking to Tatis

Fernando Tatis hit .282 with eight homers and 48 RBIs and played six different positions for the Mets last season. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik might still be making some final tweaks to his depth chart if a Wednesday report is true.

Jon Paul Morosi, a former Post-Intelligencer baseball writer who is now with FOXsports.com,reported that the Mariners are talking to utility man Fernando Tatis, likely to fill the bench hole left by the versatile Bill Hall. Hall was sent to the Boston Red Sox as part of the Casey Kotchman trade.

Morosi cited two major league sources who said Tatis, a free agent, is talking to the Mariners. Tatis is a prototypical utility man – he played six positions for the New York Mets last season, including all four infield spots.

Tatis, 35, hit .282 with eight homers and 48 RBIs for the Mets last season. In 2008, he hit .297 with 11 homers and 47 RBIs while developing a reputation for dramatic game-winning hits. He was named National League Comeback Player of the Year after the 2008 season.

For his career, Tatis is a .266 hitter with 111 home runs and .442 RBIs in 10 major league seasons. He has a .345 on-base percentage and a .790 OPS.